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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1878)
October, 1878. 48 THE WEST SHORE. ALCOHOL IN TIIK SVSTKM. We find id Haiti Journal of lltallh a vigor oua arUrla in reply to an Kngliah raview which upheld alcohol aa a food, ate. The article ia long an it forcible, hut we harr apara only lor the general summing up, aa followe : II alnohol la not a poison, hut food ; because alnohf,! (uvea f-.rr-. ssjajaajjajr power then arsenic ia not a (Miiaon, hut food, hecauae areanic flvea (oroa, muacular power Aa nature baa formed no element in ita purity, which element in large dilution neoeaaary U health, wa oonclude that auch element in it purity not eaaenlial to health A men hara lived in iierfrcl health without alcohol, the uao of alcohol cannot ald ti that health, henauaa a man cannot he Ix-ttcr than well Aa wa know nl no article which contaiua hydrocarbon largely, which would not deatroy Ilia, if uaed alone, not even augar ; a we may conclude that aleohol, which doea contain hydro rrl.,n largely, will ileatruy life, if uaed alone. II My elementary auUlanoc in Ita purity do atroye Ilia, il uawl alone, it la reaaonalde to con -elude that the only aale mathed o( uamg any elementary euhalanca ia, bj uaing it in the pro portion in which nature haa combined it with other matrrtala therefore, that however esaen lial to eiiatancw hydrix arlmu may lie, it is not healthful oe aafa to uae it in lU concentrated, arlihciej combination, hut only healthful and air ia deriving our lui.pliea of it, aa contained I our natural hod Iherefore, we c.nalilcr it eaUhlubal, that alcohol ia not eaaential Ui health ; that it ia not promotive ol the health of tbnae who are well and that in proportion aa it 1. uawl largely, or alone, bj am h DfDpaHtM ia it, liba all other rlrmentaiy concentrations oerUml) deatru. live of health and hie together! A Ban ( 'ubuti ma N'k.pi.iu apieara that bow the Knglith have aucceeded in mount ing I laualra a nenlle they have a new tumble aamala, that of prraerMug it from re.l ,t lightning and dinnterating fn.u fro aaya Now that the oMiak u safely and permanently eaUhhehed ..n ,u laat lealing plaoe, there are cawtnin pracautuma that muet I- taken u, pre earve K The danger Imm hUtta ia not mall, but a hruah, wch M , u f thehasa4.yhiel.rae.nl Vrk o0 t .rltn ter r. wouhl kM greatly from the tBpmmm l the monument A hronae cap lt. ,.,, .th thm mm ..f ihe mm mU ,.rrilHj into Ih. wouM how.var, w,Uim.t .War "WJ. eftVtuaHy ,t fnn, the electric lluid The Hanger from the chemical elements in the liM atmnaphrr. i. more immediate The ll.la-r rtrn i,l Iho I'.r.. ..lI..L , Sft mim I. likely , , .UU mora powerfully Ther. are. however ... 1 ."II FMIBJ rlne wry h.U. u. I- .UainUgraU,! hy f,-t mi. UmLMHtmi The ,ddeat T , ,u ' eii !. many veara a r, ?'-'' "7 g IE ha. Ln . L.. . ' aervr.t.,ix,rr(, , the mmTSSJammi m ol CI - '"Hlt.il lj employ the Krain. MODELS FOK RIVER IMPROVEMENT Anemdlu to a deacriutinn which we read in the American MamUaeturtr, there i a, most intereating diaplay of tnudela lor tne improve ,. . , 1 J V,a I -,. river at. the I'ittaburu exnosi tion. A wooden Hume or canal has been built by the cxpoaitinn authoritiei, and supplied with a large stream of water from a steam pump. This canal, intended to renresunt the Ohio river. is uaed by the inventors and exhibitors of the working models to demonstrate the method of oierating their various designs. Mr. Ilrunot exhibits two styles of movable dam, one suitable for the upper lock of a canal, r other location in w hich there is considerable difference in the level of water alnivo and below the dan, the other for the lower lock of a canal, or for the bed of a stream where there need be no difference in level. Each dam consists of a lloating water-tight box or caisson, which is raised to close the dam hy ita own buoyancy when emptied of water ami tilled with air, and sunk to opM the water way when filled with water. A chamlier of masonry or other ma terial underneath the dam receives it when sunk. The only difference between the two dams is in the method of the emptying of water to raise the dam. In the lirst the water is allowed to Mttpi to the lower level through a valve ; in the second, there being no lower level, the water ia 1 1 ti 1 il out. Lieutenant Mahan exhibits a model of the I 'halloing wicket dam. The principle of the Chauoine system is that a number of wooden wickets, four or more feet in width, and as many feet in bight aa may lie necessary, accord ing to the depth of dam. are placed side bv side across the channel to be dammed. Each wicket is hinged to a movable cast-iron brace or trestle, winch braces are hinged to the foundation at the bottom of the dam. The braces are so ad justed that by tripping them the wickets can lie mane to ne Hat on tho lxittoni of the stream, they can w rained hy a hooked rod either from a iKiat designed for the purpose or from a mov able trestle bridge. vi r. nischcr exhibits a movable dam which iaa aome reactnhlance txi an ordinary hinged anal lock gate. The uate. bnwma la . k.lK water tight box Moatinir whim i,tl...l mtil, and movable, and rendered stationary when brought 1 ijto position for closing the dan. by MU Piled with water. 3 Mr. rHMMj Mr. Wood, Mr. Smith and Mr. I'uImii. exhibit movable dams which are all omewliat aimilar in principle. In t,,.,. th. Z Z Ti '"""tre.mfacc.f the dam. b utt of boMdlOI other material, and are ti nged together l the top, f,)rmil ' Lf ? "" 7;"'"" f '!, .very Hat letter ah,,, . f I ;'" ' U"tr,n' f ilidM along a found.t,,,,, prcpar.,1 t m u g" ,1 i 1 t,'"U" "l".hori,o,,UI plane b toil" I ! ,t",m Thn I'1"" liffer .. th n,ethl of BariM the aliding'face. Mr Wal d Mr. Smith nae diHerent kind. govta Wfclh Mr. l-araons' " byilraulic cyliml .VIIi y "f the two face, of the (Uuni to raise ciiriouB I U Hi 1-i.t th.. ! "'''"'"nrlr.cal chan -.111 mi me mrenii, Whaa ik hd the t " ; " " " riv"' HT. ( aiWM a, aa, . M a ""Uianl raila.v , H UUwtbaton Ibe' i;" I'" ,"? ,; " 'lynaniite are ud "-..Ung shown o lhe Iuj, leSt con. enev. 1,0(10 1 400 earth MENTAL LOGARITHMS. Some years ago, about 1863, Mr. Oliver Byrne formerly Professor of Mathematics in the Col. lege of Civil Engineer, at Putney, discovered an entirely new and ingenious method of arith metical calculation of great practical importance to engineer, and others, and which wag claimed to enable anyone acquainted with the nrdinar rules of common arithmetic to extract the roots of cubics, equation, of the fifth degree, and higher equations ; to determine angular magni tude and trigonometrical lines, to solve plant triangles without the use of tables, and gener ally, to deal with almost innumerable problems which had previously been considered to require great mathematical skill, and an intimate ac quaintance with the higher branches of the science. But, owing to the discoverer having adopted a peculiar and unfamiliar system of no tation in explaining the art, many have regarded tho whole subject as unintelligible, if not use lesB. A complete remedy for this has now been found by Mr. Edward David Hearn, M.A.,of Columbia College, New York, whose name it already known to mathematicians as the author of an extension of Horner's method for the synthetic division of algebraic quantities with detached co-ellicients, and of an elucidation of Suflield's method of arithmetical synthetio division. Mr. Hearn contributes to the October number of Scientific Review, an interesting paper on "Mental Logarithms," in which he demon strates thai all the developments of which Mr. Byrne's art is capable, are not only practicable without departure from the ordinary Arabio notation, with which every schoolboy is familiar, but that the common notation really increases the speed at which the calculations on the new system can be performed. Fai l SiiAnnwu "l"lon,'l di..j - moui ibu, oaiu jjroiiier Uardner, as he smiled down upon the brethren. 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